Building construction



il; 3A 62 R. H. TRou'rH BUILDING ACONSTRUCTION original Filed Des. 12, 1923 Patented Apr.. 9, E929. i

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RALPH HENRY TROUTH, OE EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA, lAssrcnron or ONE-HALE To JOSEPH H. BLUEGHEL, on EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application led December 12, 1923, Serial No. 680,149, and in Canada. March 10, 1923. Renewed June 30, 1928.

IThe invention relates to improvements in building construction and particularly to a joint connecting intersecting members` such as beams, and an object ofthe invention is to provide,A a joint which can be readily formed and which allows the members to be easily and quickly put together and such that the said members become firmly an-v chored one to the' other without the use of lo a encies such. as nails, bolts, wedges and the A furither object is to provide Ia joint which Water tight and which can expand or contract without affecting its efficiency and which also permits of a'structure being built by laying various courses of the members one on top of the other and in a proper manner until thestructure is completed.

'A more specific object isv to provide a joint 2a for Connecting the ends of beams and embodying the above features and for use in building silos, 'Water tanks, grain .ftanks, grain elevators and such like container required by farmers. 1

A still further object is to provide a series of similar beams for use in erecting buildings, all of which beams are of the same construction, thus obviating the necessity of Elslijn different types of beams in the same Withthe above more important objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more articularly described,'-refer ence being ha to theaccompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a number of beams connected bym joint.

Fig. 2 is a plan view o one of the beams the central part tliereof being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the beam as; it appears .in Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the beam at 4-4 Fig. 3. v v 45 v In the drawing like characters of refer- -ence indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures.

The beams, of the type herein described, are used for building structures of an octagonal shape, such as silos and accord'- ingly the joints connecting the ends of the beams are made to accommodate such Octagonal shape, and in the building pf the structure' the beams are laid in courses one on top of the other until the structure is built to the required height. s

The timber or beam 1 used is of apredetermined length and is provided centrally on the top edge with'a lengthwise extending tongue 2 andM on the under edge with a lengthwise extending groove 3, it being understood in the building loperation that the grooves Of'the overlying beams receive the tongues of the underlying beams in the various courses of the structure built.

The ends of the beam are-notched and dadoed in the manner now described:

Each beam is provided with top and bottom notches 4 and 5 adjoining kthe ends thereof and also with vertically disposed grooves or dadoes 6 and 7 which extend between and connect the notches 4 and 5. Preferably, the side .Valls ofthe notches 4. and 5 and of the dadoes 6 and 7 are-disposed obliquely to thelength of the beam, that is, the sides of the notches" and dadoes on the two ends of the beam are cut on converging planes. It will be Observed that the grooves or dadoes at one end of the beam, say the left end, are wider than those at the other 80 end, with the result that shoulders or seatsf Y l0 and`11 are formed adjacent the notchesn 4 and 5 on the last named end of the beam.

rlhis increased width ofthe dadoes issuch that they can receive the full thickness of the adjacent beams when. the beams are laid together. The dadoes at the right end'are preferably equal .in Width to'that of the notches 4 and 5:-

By notching and dadoing the ends of the beam in this Way, contracted necks or tenons 8 and 9 are formed at the ends of the beam, the necks being centrally positioned and having a Width approximately equal to one half the width of the beam and thickness less than the thickness of the beam by the amounts cut out to form the dadoes 6 and 7. rlhe necks 8 and 9 are of such thickness as to closely fit the`notcl1es 4 and 5' of adjacent beams. According to this arrangement, when the beams are laid, they go together' in thev manner best 'shown in Fig. l; the

necks Sand 9 of each beam are received in the notches 4 and` 5 of. the adjacent beams; 011e beam receives one half the width of the next beam at the end, and one beam has its full thickness, including the shoulders 12 and 13 thereof, seated in'the corners 10 and 11, formed by the wide dadoes of the otherA beam.

The joint formed is particularly strong and requires no exterior fastening and it is 'weather and Water proof, this latter being on account of the break joints formed by the shoulders 12 and 13 entering the corner seats 10 and 11. The joint can also expand and contract under weather conditions. and is easily formed in a factory or other such establishment.

Obviously one having the proper number i of beams can readily buildl a structure of any required heightl by simply placing the beams together in proper relation, it being simplya matter of putting the beams one on top of the other and working in a direction around the structure to be erected.

What I claim asmy invention is:

1. A beam for use in forming a building construction, said beam at one end having notches on each edge and also having a` groove or dado on each face extending between said notches, said dadoes being of the same widthas said notches, thereby forming a neck between said notches and dadoes, said beam at the other end having notches on-each edge corresponding in width tothe thickness of the heretofore named neck, and also having a groove or dado on each face extending between and vwider than said last named notches and of a width corresponding to the thickness of the beam adjacent thev first named notches, said last named notches a'nd dadoes forming a neck on the'last named end of the beam having athickness correspending to the width of the notches on the first named end of the beam.

2. A construction as specified in claim 1, in which the side walls -of the notches and dadoes at each end of the beam are arranged obliquelyl tothe length of the beam and in converging 'l planes.

3. A series of similarly formed timbers adapted to be assembled into a building-construction, each timber at one` end havlng a notch l"on the top and on the bottom edge and also having on e'achface av oove or dado extendingbetween said notc es, whereby a neck 8 is formed between said notches and dadoes, each timber at its other end having a notch on the top and on the bttom edge each of which is adapted to. receive and closely lit said neck 8 on adjacent timbers, and each timber at its last named end also having grooves'or dadoes on each face extending between.an'd wider than said last named notches, said last named dadoes being of a width to receive the full thickness of yin the beam, said groves adjacent timbers, said last named notches*- and ldadoes forming a neck 9 on ,the last named endof the timber, said neck 9 being of a thickness to enter and closely fit the first named notches on the end of adjacent timbers.

4. In a silo, a-series of intersecting timbers forming a horizontal course, each of said timbers having a' pair'o spaced vertical grooves'at its inner side having their walls disposed on converging lines and transversely extending notches at one edge of said timber merglng with said grooves to form tenons.

5. A silo timber having spaced vertical grooves therein' with their walls on converging lines, and upper and lower notches in said timber merging with said vgrooves to form tenons in the timber.

6. Inv a building construction, a series of intersecting timbers forming a horizontal course, each of said timbers having a pair of spaced vertical grooves on one side there-l of, and transversely extending notches on each edge of said timber `merging with said grooves to form tenons. 7 A rectangular beam for use in forming a building construction, said beam at each end having a notch on each edge and also having a groove on each face extending bewith said grooves, thereby forming a neck at each end of said beam, the grooves ,on one end of said beajn being of a width substantially equal Ato the thickness of the beam width than the thickness'of the bealn.

I tween said notches', said notches merging. i

, and the grooves at the Lother' end being of less 05. A rectangular building beam havin'ga Y. palr of spaced vertical grooves thereinv and also having ,upper vand lower notches merglng wlth sald grooves to form a tenon in the .beam, said grooves beingJ of greater width than the notches.

9. A rectangular building beam having adjacent'one end a-notch on one edge and also having a groove on lone face merging with said notch, the groove being wider than the notch and substantially equal in'width to the thickness of the beam.

10.. A rectangular building beam having a palr of spaced vertical grooves therein on opposite sides thereof and also having a pair of notches one on each edgethereof merging with said grooves to 'form a tenon inthe beam, said grooves being of greater width than the notches.

11. A rectangular building beam having a vertical' groove on each side thereof,one of said grooves being nearerthe end, than the other and a notch extending diagonally across one edge of said beam andinerg'ing with said grooves, whereby a tenon is formed being of greater width than the notch 12. A rectangular building beam having Lme'me Y, 3

Ve vertical groove on each se thereof adjeent one end of the beam, one of sai grooves being nearer to the end of the beam than the other, said beam also having on each edge 5 a diagonal notch merging with said grooves, .the side wall of one of said grooves being in- "zvember, 1923. clined to the face of the beam and `forming Y d l -mfoverhanging shoulder, a Ythe opposite sie wall ofi-the other groove being also imclmed lto the fece of the beam and prol0 vidng 'an over-hanging sholderf. AI;zaigned at Edmonton this 24th day of No- RALPH TROUTH. 

